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The guy made a bad call. Nothing more than that. You’re being ridiculous.

Foul, or no? IMG_0540.mov

Foul, or no? IMG_5838.mov

Got to know Bob Nagle and Chuck Freeby a little bit, having done so many games in the South Bend area over the years. They had the final game of my career, and afterward I got a nice note from them and a DVD of the game. Great people.

I know. The hurt is real. Been there.

I believe that’s right. And if you look at the game times, the days start earlier, and there is a longer intermission between games.

5 min. left IU @ Ohio State, and the TV announcers are talking about how many timeouts IU has left! When in history has THAT ever happened? And @Coach Nowlinhas got to be dying after the long TD pass with the no-call on OPI.

You’re exactly right. And when people criticize the IHSAA for the lineup — as some inevitably will — keep in mind that this is the first try at this ... in the middle of a pandemic. Cut people some slack. This was a very good idea. Let’s see how it works.

Campaign funding drives a lot of what’s wrong with the system, i.e., special interests, compromises on legislation, politicians whose primary goal is to get re-elected ... over and over again. The problem is SCOTUS has ruled repeatedly that restrictions on campaign funding violate the First Amendment. That makes reform very difficult. And if a candidate runs on the platform that he’s going to try to curb PACs, Super-PACs, etc., he or she doesn’t get enough funding to get elected.

I don’t think so. 1 step. Play it at game speed, not slo-mo. Don’t be greedy. 😂

Somebody is going to have a bad day at video review.

I, too, was quite impressed with Westfield. Their QB was the best player on the field last night. And I could see during the warmup period that they were incredibly loose and unintimidated. That speaks to excellent coaching. Their passing attack is fairly sophisticated. I look for them to have some success in the passing game if they can protect.

Again this election, I find myself in agreement with you. I have concluded that the 2 party system, as presently constructed, actually works to select out worthwhile candidates, leaving the electorate to repeatedly choose between the lesser of two evils. I don’t know the answer. But whatever it is, I’m confident that if it’s found, the entrenched resistance against its implementation will be more than formidable.

Talk about trying to put lipstick on a pig ...

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The schedule is set now. The IHSAA game-planned the permutations in advance, so they knew as soon as the last game ended.

Merrillville with a 30 yd. field goal. 20-16 Westfield 5:39 of the 3rd

I’m here. M’ville with 7 pre-snap penalties in the first half. Constantly behind the chains as a result.

Westfield answers immediately. 7-7 at Merrillville. 3:39 1st period

7-0 M’ville over Westfield 5:59 1st

I’m there.

I’ll be at Merrillville tonight. 50 degrees and dry on Nov. 20! I’ll take it. I remember some awfully cold semistate games. Good luck to everyone tonight, and especially to the third team on the field.

I would think the R would be especially sensitive about that when the pass is thrown from the end zone. But illegal touching is the easier call. Not much judgment involved there. It’s still loss of 5 yds., loss of down. But in this particular circumstance, the difference between the two enforcements is significant.

As with any IG foul, I’m going to say I would need to see it, know the game situation, blah, blah, blah... But what you’ve described sounds like intentional grounding.

Most of my career on the field was spent at the Referee position, so I spent an awful lot of time on intentional grounding. “Intentional” means exactly that. You have to give high school QBs a lot of leeway when you’re making a judgment based on the absence of a receiver in the area. They really make some awful throws, especially when contacted, off balance, or as in your instance, falling. In most cases their mechanics aren’t nearly good enough to have any sort of accuracy if they get out of their normal arm angle. So, if there’s any doubt, it’s not intentional grounding.